William de Welles

   Another name for William was William Fitz Walter.

  General Notes:

K. S. B. Keats-Rohan, Domesday Descendants, Vol. II, Willelm de Welle, p. 781

  Noted events in his life were:

• Background Information. ²⁸¹
William, son of Walter, witnessed deeds of the Gant family in the middle 12th century. He was also a witness to a deed of Robert de Tateshal. In 1166 he was tenant of Simon, Earl of Nottingham, for 6-1/2 knights fees, and he held one-fourth a knight's fee of Hamon Peche. He married a sister of Gilbert de Gant, Earl of Lincolnshire, daughter of Walter de Gant, by Maud, daughter of Stephen, Count of Brittany. William died before Michaelmas, 1206

~Cokayne's Complete Peerage, 2nd Edition, (Welles), Vol. XIIB , pp. 466-467 ¹⁴¹

William married Mademoiselle de Gaunt, daughter of Walter de Gaunt Lord of Folkingham and Maud de Bretagne. ¹⁴¹